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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28

Inc edition for 1883 of the sterling Medical
Annual, known as Hostetters Almanac, is
now ready, and may be obtained, free of cost,
OF druggists and general country dealers in all
parts OF the United States, Mexico, and indeed
III every civilized portion of the Western Hem
1sphere. This Almanac has been issued regu-
larry at the commencement of every year for
the soundest practical advice for the preserva-
1on ana restoration of health o large amount
OF interesting and amusing light reading, and
Che calendar, astronomical calculations, chro-
biological items, etc, aa prepared with great
care, ana will be found entirely accurate. Tho
issue OF Hostetters Almanac for 1888 will prob
aDIy DC the largest edition of medical work
ever published in any county. The proprie-
hofs, Messrs. Hostetter & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa,
on receipt of a two-cent stamp will forward o
copy oy mail to any person who cannot procure
one IN his neighborhood.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
The Typographical Tourist.
From the Cairo Sun.


He always comes in when we are IN
need Of help. He has an unsteady
and careless gait. His shoes are worn
at the heel, with now and then shiny
spot on them which is the last and
fading evidence OF his latest streak Of
good luck. He has g. clean paper
collar attached to q badly soiled
shirt. His face is covered with a two
weeks growth OF beard. His eyes are
dim and his hat crumpled. AS he
enters the Office he casts a I-know-how
look around, and then strikes us for
work. We give him g. case, and he
works g. few minutes and then, with g.
look on his face which would awaken
pity in the hardest heart, he informs
US that he has had no breakfast.
Then we go with him to the nearest
restaurant and order his breakfast.
We do not give him the money, for
we know his failing. After he had
finished his meal, an operation which
spoils an hour, surprises the cook
and paralyzes the proprietor, he re-
turns to the Office and resumes his
labor, singing g. merry tune OF con-
tentment. We keep him two or three
days and then we need him no longer,
and we pay him off for his labor, shake
hands with him and he is gone, to say
where he is gone would be thing inn
possible. His life is one continual line
of march. He has known no other
for the last twenty years, and unless
some accident befalls him he will con-
tinue on in the same old way, now on
some country paper, and then puz-
zling his brains to translate into q
readable form the unedited telegraph
copy on some morning newspaper, un-
til death snatches him from the green
fields of mother earth (which to him
have grown decidedly barrenl and de-
cIa,es his travels at an end.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
A Battle of Tongues.

Some funny things happened at the
Every day a fine lunch was set outfor
the delegates during the noon hour.
On one occasion there came in the
lunch room two country parsons, bent
upon performing duty. The duty
was to labor with Sister Wallace. the
mother Of Gen. Lew Wallace, and one
of the most noted suffragiste IN the
country, on the error Of her ways.
The little parson told Mrs. Wallace he
felt it his bounden duty to convince
her Of the wrong she was doing IN try
ing to get woman's rights" Mrs.
Wallace la the very picture of g.
strong-minded woman. She wears
short, common. sense dresses, stout,
commOn-sense shoes, has short hair,
and suggests to the observer the
thought that she possibly wears that
modern invention of the common
sense crank-the "chemiloon." This
admirable and forcible lady advanced
upon her adversary with an arm ex-
tended and in brilliant style and un-
answerable argument laid down the
law to him, shaking her forefnger I'M
der his very nose. The other parson
tried. to coax his friend away, and
timorously plucked him by the sleeve,
beseechipg him in agonizing whispers
to get out of it. But the valiant lit
tie fellow manfully held his ground
and would never have given in had
not the original of the ideal mother in
"Ben Hur" finally tired of wasting
shot and shell on so redoubtable g.
subject and retired herself from the
equal match of Theory vs. Prejudice.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
Cbeap Farming Lands South.

1t is a recognized fact that the cheapest
farming lands in America to-day are in the
South, and men ofmuch or moderate means.
looking for real estate investments, or per-
manent homes, should not fail to visit the
following points, where so many Northern
people are now settling, viz: Jackson, Ten
nessee; aberdeen and Jackson, Mississippi;
Hammond, Crowley, jennings Welsh and
Lake Charles, Louisiana. Round Trip Tour
ist tickets, limited to June LIST, 1888, with
stop-over privileges south of Cairo, Illinois,
are on sale to New Orleans, Jennings and
Lake Charles. For rates apply to nearest
ticket agent, and be sure your tickets read
via the Illinois Central Railroad from Chi
cago or st. Louis. For pamphlet entitled
Southern Home Seekers Guide" and cir
culars concerning the aboye-named points,
address the undersigned, at Manchester, la.
j. F. MERRY, Gen. West. Pass. Agt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
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Do you feel dull. languid, low-spirited, life
less, and indeScTibably miserable, both physi-
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ness, y or emptiness of stomach in the morn
ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste in
mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent
headaches, blurred eyesight, floating specks"
before the eyes, nervous prOStratlOn or eX-
haustiOn, irritability of temper hot fiusheS,
alternating with chilly sensations, sharp,
feet, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness, or
disturbed and undressing sleep, constant,
indescribable feeling OF dread, or of impend-
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If you have all, or any considerable number
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greater the number and diversity Of Symp-
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
WINTER ON THE FARM.
How Easy 1t Is.

How Easy 1T Is.
How easy it is to spoil day
The thoughtless words of cherished friends,
The selfish act of child at play,
The strength of a Will that will not bend
The slight of comrade, the scorn OF foe,
The smile that is full of bitter things
They all can tarnish It's golden glow,
And take the grace from its airy wings.
How easy it Is to spoil day
By the force of a thought we did not check
Little by little we mould the clay,
Aud little flaws may the vessel wreck.
The care esq waste of white-winged hour
That held the blessings we long had sought,
The sudden loss of wealth or power
And 10 the day is with Ill inwrought.
How easy it is to spoil life
And many are spoiled ere well begun
In some life darkened by sin and strife,
Or downward course of a cherished one:
By toll that Tobs the form of its grace,
And undermines till health gives way;
BY the peevish temper, the frownng face,
The hopes that go and the cares that stay.
A day is too long to be spent in vain;
Some good should come as the hours go by
Some tangled maze may be made more plain,
Some lowered glance may be raised on high.
And life is too short to spoil like this;
If only prelude it may be sweet;
Let Us bind together in threads of bliss
And nourish the flowers around our feet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
Thick and Thin SOIeS,

FTOm The Shoe and Leather Reporter
The feet can be kept warmer in cold
weather by wearing a shoe with light
sole than thick one; with the former
the loot has a chance to- work, thereby
Keeping up circulation; this, of course,
applies only when the weather is dry.
But when it is wet and rubbers are
necessary, it is better to wear single
soled shoe inside. In the summer the
thick sole should be worn, for it keeps
the heat from striking through to the
foot. This is all SO contrary TO the pre-
conceived opinions of the public, that
it is doubtful whether it will receive
much credence, but it is the fact all the
same
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28

SAYS the Boston Journal: A pic
turesque street scene is made by the
yoke OF pure white oxen drawing the
advertising cart. AS the farmer in
frock and broad brimmed hat guides
the slow beasts along the pavements
g. characteristic bit of the country
draws many affectionate chances from
the city crowd.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
CONSUMPTION Surely Cured.

To the Editor:-Please inform your read
ers that have a positive remedy for the
above named disease. By it's timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been per-
manently cured l shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any OF
your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their Express and ?. 0. adj
dress. Respectfully,
T. A. SLOCUM, NJ. c., 181, Pearl st., n. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
A Great Legacy.

to bequeath to your children is a strong,
lean, pure constitution-bette than wealth
because it will never prove curse. You
cannot give what you do not possess, but
mothers Will find in DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription wonderful help-correcting
all weaknesses, bringing their systems into
perfect condition, SO that their children, I'M
tainted shall rise up to call them blessedl
There is not druggistin alltheland
But always keeps a stock on hand.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
CatArrh GuIR6.

A clergyman, after years of suffering
from that loaIhsome disease Catarrh, and
vainly trying every known remedy, at last
found a prescription which completely
cured and saved him from death. Any suf-
ferer from this dreadful disease sending a
self-addressed, stamped envelope to Prof j.
A. Lawrence 212 East Ninth Street, New
York, will receive the recipe free of charge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
A Good Investment

is that which yields large returns from a
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where weakness-don't feel at all times
just as you'd like to-headache to-day,
backache tomorrow, down sick next week
all because your blood is out of order. A
small outlay and what large returns You
invest in DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
covery and soon pure, fresh blood courses
through your veins, and you are another
being!
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
Living Witnesses

Ask anyone who has used DR.. Pierces
Pleasant Purgative Pellets as to their merits.
They will tell you that pimples, blotches
and eruptions disappear; that constipation
that breeder of disorders--is relieved; that
the appetite is restored; that the whole sys-
tenn is renovated and regulated beyond any
conception by these little wonder workers.
Being purely vegetable they are perfectly
harmless; being composed of concentrated,
active ingredients they are powerful
Purge and purify the system and disease
will be unknown. Of all druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
In General DebiIity. Emaciation,

Consumption and Wasting in Children
SCOTS Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil
with Hypophosphites, is a most valuable
food and medicine. 1t creates an appetite
for food, strengthens the nervous system,
and builds up the body. Please read: 81
tried SCOTS Emulsion on young man
whom Physicians at times gave up hope.
Since he began using the Emulsion his
Cough has ceased, gained flesh and strength,
and from all appearances his life will be
prolonged many years. JOHN SULLIVAN,
Hospital Steward, Morganza, Pa.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28

LITTLE JOSEF HOFFMAN, the boy pianist,
is daisy" but the child's face is pre-
maturely old and sad. His sensibility is
great, and he plays tender passages with
the greatest feeling. In passionate music
he fails, and for cause, since the soul
cannot express what it does not know.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28

EVERY Thursday cripple is wheeled
in his little wagon by an attendant into
the lobby of the National Theater at
Philadelphia He is wheeled all the
way from Port Richmond. His attend
ant carries him TO his seat and the little
wagon is left standing in the lobby till
after the show Officer Doyle said that
the helpless man hadn't missed Thurs
day matinee for six years
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
Preserving Celery.

A Connecticut market gardener
writes: Celery will bear a temperature
OF 20 degrees and unblanched 10 de-
grees but since blanching is easier as
the temperature is higher, q modera-
ton to 40 degrees. is found to be the
best point for the best preservation.
Therefore, dispose of all celery to it's
keeping place in this latitude by the
Goth OF November. We must be gov
erned in the selection of. the place by
necessity for moisture, that it may
not consume it's own vitality, and yet
not sufficient to drip, which would
cause decay. We are now met by
new difficulty, an ungovernable tenn
perature by contact in mass, and on
our disposition of this hangs our sue.
cess. Whatever may be our place our
aim must be to break up the mass,
and as it is separated by the cooling
or airable contact of material, so is
the length of time that celery may be
kept. The pit is used equally with
the cellar and blanchiEg house, and is
dug where water will not settle, and
from two to three feet deep, about the
width of the spade, when the
time OF storage is simply for
the winter months, but if later
into the summer it must be
sufficiently narrow to admit of one or
two plants. The celery is then get
upright, packing as closely along the
pit as it can be crowded together. 1t
is then rooted over with boards, leav-
ing space above the plants for the
circulation of air and occasionally an
opening for ventilation IN manner
to exclude the light and not enough to
decline the temperature. The boards
are well covered with earth. The
same principles must be followed in
the cellar and blanching- house.
Boards set on edge Or held edgewise
II some manner, little up from the
earth, to admit of space for air to
circulate, running across the cellar at
every ten inches more or less as to
time to be occupied. Then the celery
is packed upright and closely as in the
pit. Circulation and temperature
must be maintained with the exclu-
sion OF light by an air chamber from
the exterior and another to the top
as g. ventilator, 10th being provided
with cut off for regulation. Some
may deem it expedient from g. local
cause to remove celery from the field
to the storage retaining a. bail of
earth, and am inclined to think that
it retains intthis way it's nutty flavor,
vet it is much more difficult to
blanch.
Unoccupied Farms,
= L.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28

SENIOR Pro Proc, the last Mexican gov
ernor of California, is still living, aged
80 years, at Los Angeles. He and Gen.
Michael G. Vallejo offered all the armed
resistance they could when the Amer
leans invaded California, but it was mo
good" A famous street in San Fran
cisco is named after Gen. Vallejo.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
White Beavers Pseudo Son.

White Beaver, of La Crosse, warns the
public against swindler now travelling
through the Northwest claiming to be a
son of his. While Beaver has no sons
and the fellow claiming such relation
ship is drunken confidence man whose
proper home is the penitentiary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
MISS ALICE REED, daughter of an ex-

Miss ALICE REED, daughter of an ex-
commissioner of Clark County, Indiana,
recently returned from her home in
Ness County, Kansas, where she went a
few years since and pre-empted farm
of 100 acres. Since then she has con-
tinued to reside in an adobe house on
the land wit b out any companion except
her pony. She says that she has never
had any occasion to be afraid of any,
thing, and has always received the kind
est of treatment
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
THERE is now a gentleman in Pasadena

THERE is nowa gentleman in Pasadena,
CAL, by the name of Thompson, a broth
er OF the president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. He is working as a
day laborer, handling a pick and shovel,
because he became broke and would
rather do it than to make himself known
and ask for aid of anyone with whom he
was previously acquainted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
Starting a Louisiana Farm.

A paper published at Lake Charles,
La, says: There have been men who
had barely enough money to pay the
land Office fees fer 100 acres of land,
aud started with only an ak and g.
pair of oxen: in five years they had
comfortable homes ard well-tilled
farms and q nice stock of cattle, sheep,
and hogs and poultry. They worked
hard st first, building log houses COW
cred with boards, held in place by
the weight of sticks of timber laid on
the roof. The floors and doors were
made of split boards; their wives and
children helped along by picking moss,
selling chickens and eggs, and picking
cotton for the neighbors, while the men
worked out whenever they could spare
q, day, and turned their hands to any
thing that would make a dollar. A
very poor house will afford shelter to g.
working family in this climate until g.
better one can be built. when the old
one serves as q. kitchen. A man with
only $500 could manage to start q
farm OF 480 acres of government land
in Louisiana. With the assistance Of
q hired man three months he can build
his cabin, dig a well Fifteen feet deep,
fence in twenty acres. plant rice, corn,
potatoes, peas, pumpkins, and five
acres in cotton, and patch of sugar
farmhouse may be built very quickly
and with little cost of the trunks of
small, straight pines or cypress, cut
close by. The body of the house is
made OF the logs, like a pen-the ends
notched SO as to fit, and the openings
between the logs plastered with clay.
The rafters are made of green poles
and the roof covered with clapboard
split from oak, cypress or pine. A
temporary chimney may be made by
plastering skeleton wooden frame
with clay mixed with moss. Lumber
for floor, doors and shutters may be
split from cypress or bought at the
nearest saw mill, and brick may be
bought or made. There is large and
prosperous German settlement at Fa-
bacher, in ST. Landry parish. The
settlement was made about ten years
ago. They dubbed together in build
ing, and many OF the families were To-
hours after arriving on the land. In
the estimate of expenses for the first
year | have put down provisions for
only six months. 1t is supposed that
milk, butter, and eggs, with vegetables
which grow quickly, will add materi-
ally to the fare OF the family; fish and
game will also help to feed the family.
Potatoes will be ready for the table
IN April; mustard, radishes, peas and
corn six weeks after planting.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
Itching Piles.

ymptoms-Mcsture; intense itching and
singing; most at night; worse by scratching.
II allowed to continue tumors form, which
often bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore.
Swaynes Ointment stops the itching and
bleeding, heals liberation, and in many cases
removes the tumors: It is equally effcacious
in curing all Skin Diseases Dr.. Swayne &
Son, Proprietors, Philadelphia Swayne's
Ointment can be obtained of druggists, or by
mail
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
A Great NewspaDer.

From YenOwine's Sunday News.
The daily receipts of the Evening Wis
consin for subscriptions and sales are
$3.50. The receipts from advertising are
considerably more. No other publica-
ton in Wisconsin approaches these fig
ures. But it has taken forty years to get
there
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28
EEY'S
CREAM BALM
/ suffered from CO

suffered from ca
tairh II yeavs. The
droppings into the
throat tUere nduSedt
ing. My nose bled al
most daily. Since the
first days use of Ety.
Creanl Balm hare had
no bleeding, the sore
ness IS entirely gone.
d. G. Davidson, a0ith
The ROstOn B7Id0et
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28

A MUD devil is new addition to the
Philadelphia geological garden: 1t is
much like tadpole, is about eighteen
inches in length, with broad, fiat head,
and has sharp, saw-like fin running
from the middle of the back to the tail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-12-28

'ttBRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs' are ex-
cellent for the relief. of Hoarseness and Sore
Throat. They are exceedingly effective. >
Christian World, London, England